Railway-rail



E. V. SOURBIER AND M. MADDEN.

RAILWAY RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15, 1919.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

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FIGS. 15 12 M ll Q5 EDWARD V. SOURBIER AND MICHAEL MADDEN, 0F HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-RAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Application filed March 15, 1919. Serial No. 282,792.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD V. SOUR- BIER and MICHAEL MADDEN, citizens of the United States, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Railway-Rails, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of this invention is a railway rail.

A main object of the invention is the provision of a rail which will prevent displacement of the rails and ties with respect to each other.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a rail which will render the use of spikes, chairs and fishplates unnecessary.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a rail which may not be readily displaced by unauthorized persons, or logsened, thereby rendering the track unsa e.

The invention also contemplates the provision of an engagement between the rail and tie which will detachably connect them together.

It is also within the objects of the invention to provide a simple and efficient rail of this character.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides in the arrangement and combination of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical structure for carrying out the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of a section of railway track constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation, partly in section on the line IIII of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of the rail;

Fig. 4 is an end elevation;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of the tie.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference:

The rail is formed with the usual ball tread, 10, connected by the web, 11, to the base flange, 12, and a longitudinally disposed rib, 13, extends, preferably, throughout the length of the rail and depends from the base flange, 12, on which it is centrally positioned.

Arranged in pairs at suitable intervals along the rail, and depending from the base flange, 12, are the spaced apart flanges or retaining members, 14, which extend transversely of the rail. The base flange, 12, between these flanges, may be provided with apertures, 15, for a purpose to be set forth.

In use the rails are supported on ties, 16, which are formed with grooves, 17 in their opposite sides and near each end for the reception of the flanges or retaining members, 14, which straddle the ties. Formed in the upper face of the tie, and near each end, are the grooves, 18, which extend transversely of the tie and connect the grooves 17. These grooves, 18, are for the reception of that portion of the rib, 13, which lies between the flanges or retaining members, 14.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the flanges, 14, prevent the tie from movement longitudinally of the rail, and that the rib, 13, located in the groove 18 prevents movement of the tie transversely of the rail. From a consideration of Fig. 1 it will also be evident that by oflsetting or staggering the rails, fish-plates may be dispensed with without danger of the sections of track parting or becoming displaced.

In order that sections of the track may be raised to level, or moved as desired and that the rails and ties may retain their relative positions during such movements, screw bolts, 20, are passed through the apertures, 15, in the bottom flange, 12, of the rail and are threaded into the tapped sockets, 21, formed in the ties.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A railway rail including the usual tread, web and base flange, a rib depending from the base flange and extending longitudinally of the rail and spaced apart retaining members arranged in pairs and depending from the base flange.

2. A railway rail including the usual tread, Web and base flange, means depending from the base flange and adapted for engagement with a tie to prevent movement of the rail longitudinally of the tie and means depending from the rail and adapted to straddle a tie to prevent movement of the 10 rail transversely of the tie.

In testimony whereof We our signatures.

EDvVARD V. SOURBIER. MICHAEL MADDEN.

hereunto afiiX 

